Garzón in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Garzon in context

1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GarzonHuila (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Garzón plotted against Huila and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Garzón's incremental SNDi rose from 2.62 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Garzón ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Huila and 49th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in Colombia
42nd of 83
Rank in Huila
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.01
Rank in Colombia
49th of 83
Rank in Huila
3rd of 3

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GarzonSingrimariLere

In new street additions, Garzón fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Singrimari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Léré fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Garzón fluctuated in connectivity, while Singrimari fluctuated in connectivity and Léré fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Garzón had a more connected network than Léré in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.